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Para sa specialization sa Filipino, sasaklaw ang mga tanong sa panitikan, wika at mga pamamaraan sa pagtuturo ng Filipino, gaya ng saklaw ng pagsusulit para sa English.

Subukang sagutin ang sumusunod na mga tanong upang magabayan ang inyong paghahanda:

1. Sino ang tinaguriang ama ng pelikulang Pilipino na nagtayo ng kauna-unahang kompanya ng pelikula sa bansa na tumatalakay sa kalagayaan ng mga tao?
A. Narcisa Reyes
B. Jose Nepomuceno
C. Jose Reyes
D. Jose Perez

2. Ibigay ang aspekto ng pandiwa ng pangungusap na ito: KASUSULAT LANG NIYA NG KUWENTO.
A. Perpektibo
B. Komtemplatibo
C. Pawatas
D. Imperpekto

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A quick checklist for your preparation for the English specialization should include: language, literature—world, Filipino in English, and methods in teaching English.
Here is a sample of what your review should be able to cover:

1. Which of the following terms describes the subject matter, style, tone and attitude of literature of ancient Greek and Rome?
A. Romanticism
B. Realism
C. Classicism
D. Naturalism

2. Which is NOT a work of Leo Tolstoy?
A. Father and Sons
B. The Death of Ivan Illych
C. Anna Karenina
D. War and Peace

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Content course majors among our future professional elementary teachers, you need not worry that much about the scope of the specialization module. Work on basic concepts in all the courses—English, Filipino, math, science, values education and edukasyong pantahanan at pangkabuhayan—and teaching applications and you should do well. Give these a try:

1. It is difficult to teach tense to Filipinos because ______.

A. tense cannot be translated to Filipino

B. English has many tenses

C. it is not present in the Philippine language

D. the Filipino tense is different from English

2. “Tumungo sa ibang bansa ang Pangulo at mga senador.” Ibigay ang kayarian ng pangungusap.

A. Tambalan

B. Langkapan

C. Hugnayan

D. Payak

3. How much larger is the supplement of a 57 degree angle than the complement of a 75 degree angle?

A. 108 degrees

B. 13 degrees

C. 123 degrees

D. 5 degrees

4. Which statement is FALSE?

A. Solid particles have the strongest attractive forces in between.

B. The gas phase has the least kinetic energy.

C. Molecules of solids and liquids are more closely packed than those in gasses.

D. Solids and liquids have more molecules per unit volume, hence their densities are higher.

5. Integrity means wholeness.  The bully lacks integrity in the sense that he/she looks at the world only in terms of _______.

A. popularity

B. power

C. material wealth

D. pleasure

It’s 91 days to go before the March 2012 LET and that’s just 3 months till your LET day.  Make the most of the Christmas holiday break.  You don’t have to sulk in a corner while others are enjoying but at the least: finish filing your LET application with the PRC, select a review center, or brush up your dusty reference books, and prepare your LET study nook.

For today, after having a taste of LET questions in the General Education and Professional Education modules in the past weeks, Biological science majors can take a peek into what they may expect on March 11:

1. Which of the following is referred to as the “suicidal bags” of the cell?

A. Chloroplasts

B. Vacuoles

C. Ribosomes

D. Lysosomes

2. If Albert and Kate have 5 children, all of which are boys, what is the probability that their next child will be a girl?

A. 25%

B. 50%

C. 75%

D. 100%

3. Joy planted 4 pots of gumamela plants in four different locations. What is her independent variable?

A. Location

B. Gumamela plant

C. Pot

D. Plant growth

4. Jason was awakened by his mother because there is fire in their kitchen. What division in his nervous system is most active during this time?

A. Central

B. Parasympathetic

C. Peripheral

D. Sympathetic

5. In which of the following organisms are tracheal systems for gas exchange found?

A. Earthworm

B. Jellyfish

C. Insect

D. Vertebrate

(P.S.  We still have some slots for our March 2012 LET coaching which starts January 7; visit MindGym for FREE diagnostics but call 437-5880 or text 09278770800 first to set an appointment if you plan to come on days other than Wednesdays or Saturdays which we’ve earmarked as diagnostics day.  Or, if you prefer an online LET review since you live or work far from Manila, get a taste of how it is to review online at our other site: www.myreviewcoach.com)

Assessment completes the teaching-learning process—and the Professional Education module of the LET as well. Have the following items for your diagnostic, formative or summative self-evaluation of your preparedness for this part of the test:

1. While she in the process of teaching, Teacher Arlie finds out if her students understand what she is teaching. What is Teacher Arlie engaged in?

A. Criterion-reference evaluation

B. Summative evaluation

C. Formative evaluation

D. Norm-reference evaluation

2. Which behavioral term describes a lesson outcome in the highest level of Bloom’s cognitive domain?

A. Create

B. Evaluate

C. Analyze

D. Design

3. Which is the most authentic way of measuring student’s ability to debate?

A. Let them watch debates on video and ask them to identify strong and weak points.

B. Ask them to outline the steps involved in a debate and list down do’s and don’ts.

C. Have the students witness a debate and ask them to evaluate the debate after.

D. Organize a debate in class and have them debate on a controversial issue.

4. Teacher Marielle constructed a matching type test. In her columns of items are combinations of events, people and circumstances. Which of the following guidelines in constructing matching type of test did she VIOLATE?

A. List options in an alphabetical order.

B. Make list of items homogeneous.

C. Make list of items heterogeneous.

D. Provide more options than stems.

5. Among the choices given, A, B, C, D, for an item, no student chose D. It means D is:

A. a defective distracter

B. a vague distracter

C. an effective distracter

D. a plausible distracter

LET reviewee, don’t be discouraged by the long list of psychologists-theorists that have contributed to our understanding of the learning process and child and adolescent development. Just aim for the mastery of theorist-theory association and the basic terms and principles and items such as these will be no problem for you:

1. A teacher rewards a child for doing things correctly. This technique is called:

A. Reinforcement

B. Fading

C. Chaining

D. Conditioning

2. Based on Piaget’s theory, what should a teacher provide in the formal operational stage?

A. Games and other physical activities to develop motor skills

B. Learning activities that involve problems of classification and ordering

C. Stimulating environment with ample objects to play with

D. Activities for hypothesis formulation

3. Contrary to Freud’s concept that the primary motivation of human behavior is sexual in nature, Erikson’s is _________ in nature.

A. Biological

B. Cultural

C. Physical

D. Social

4. If one is asked to develop himself to the fullest, what need is s/he trying to satisfy according to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs?

A. Safety needs

B. Physiological needs

C. Self-actualization

D. Belongingness

5. Teacher Wendell gives his students opportunities to be creative because of his conviction that much learning results from the need to express creativity. On which theory is Teacher Wendell’s conviction anchored?

A. Behaviorist

B. Humanist

C. Cognitivist

D. Associationist

Answers to DAY 8’s LET questions for principles of teaching:

1. A. Establish routines for all daily needs and tasks.

2. D. Reject a student’s response at once.

3. C. Use a microscope properly

4. D. Brainstorming

5. B. The higher the level of the question the longer the wait time.

Do you find doing  our drills helpful?  For this post, we’ll start with Professional Education.  But, before we do that, you may check your answers yesterday.

Of all parts of the Professional Education module, questions on the principles of teaching should be the easiest—they are mostly situations which ask for your appropriate response as a teacher. Try out these questions to see how prepared you are for the LET and for teaching:

1. Which is a sound classroom management practice?

A. Establish routines for all daily needs and tasks.

B. Avoid establishing routines; routines make your student robots.

C. Apply reactive approach to discipline.

D. Apply rules and policies on a case to case basis.

2. To encourage class participation, which should the teacher NEVER do?

A. Call on non-volunteers to recite.

B. Ask non-directed questions.

C. Pose high-level questions.

D. Reject a student’s response at once.

3. For which may you use the direct instruction method?

A. Become aware of the pollutants around us

B. Appreciate Milton’s Paradise Lost

C. Use a microscope properly

D. Distinguish war from aggression

4. Which activity should I use when I want to generate possible topics for panel discussion?

A. Task group

B. Forum

C. Debate

D. Brainstorming

5. Which statement on “wait time” is CORRECT?

A. Wait time turns off slow thinking students.

B. The higher the level of the question the longer the wait time.

C. Wait time discourages the brighter group of students.

D. For quality response, “what and why” questions require equal wait time.

Answers to DAY 7’s LET questions for social dimensions of education:

1. C. Emphasis on religious instruction

2. B. Existentialism

3. A. Confucius

4. A. No, only elementary education is compulsory.

5. D. teachers in the tertiary level.

Covering basic computer terms and communication tools, information technology questions in the LET should be giveaways for you. You’ll surely perfect these five:

1. On the computer screen, what indicates the position of the mouse?

A. Click

B. Cursor

C. Scroll

D. Start

2. You are tracking your household’s daily expenses and income through tables whose cells are set to compute for totals and other operations in your household finances. Which productivity tool are you using?

A. Spreadsheet

B. Word processing

C. Multimedia

D. Publisher

3. Which of the following devices serves as the intermediary between your computer and the phone system?

A. Hard disk

B. Monitor

C. Keyboard

D. Modem

4. It is a program that consists of instructions used to control hardware and accomplish tasks in a computer.

A. Software

B. Malware

C. Desktop

D. Input

5. It is the input device used to enter text into the computer.

A. Mouse

B. Scanner

C. Keyboard

D. Fax

Math is the easiest subject to master for the LET.  Yes!  If you learn how to solve Math problems in time for the LET, you’d have a handy source of no-miss points.  In Math, there will always be definite answers unlike other parts of the LET which are value-laden or sometimes very subjective.

Math comprises 20% of the General Education module. The following items may help you gauge how much preparation you need for it:

1. What are the next three terms in the progression 1, 4, 16 …?

A. 64, 256, 1024

B. 67, 259, 1027

C. 48, 198, 1026

D. 65, 257, 1025

2. A man is 3 times as old as his son now. Four years ago, the sum of their ages was 36. Find the man’s age now.

A. 33

B. 11

C. 29

D. 36

3. What is the least common multiple of 12, 24 and 72?

A. 12

B. 72

C. 144

D. 36

4. The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 25 feet. If one leg is 24 feet, what is the length of the other leg?

A. 6 ft.

B. 5 ft.

C. 20 ft.

D. 7 ft.

5. If two variables X and Y are directly related, which of these is NOT true?

A. When X is low, Y is also low.

B. As X increases, Y also increases.

C. When X increases, Y decreases.

D. A high Y is associated with a high X.

Answers to Day 4’s LET questions for Filipino:

1. C. Pagdarasal

2. C. Payak

3. B. kartung pang-editoryal

4. D. Pagtutulad

5. A. Kaibigan

(P.S.  We still have some slots for our March 2012 LET coaching which starts January 7; visit MindGym for FREE diagnostics.  Or, if you prefer an online LET review since you live or work far from Manila, get a taste of how it is to review online at our other site: www.myreviewcoach.com

Subukan niyo naman ang sample ng ilang Filipino items nagyon.

1. Alin ang paksa sa sumusunod na pangungusap? Ginagawa niya ang pagdarasal araw-araw.

A. Ginagawa

B. Araw-araw

C. Pagdarasal

D. Niya

2. Ano ang kayarian ng pangungusap na ito? Kulang daw tayo sa pagtutulungan at pagdadamayan bilang magkakabaranggay.

A. Hindi karaniwan

B. Karaniwan

C. Payak

D. Hugnayan

3. Alin sa mga sumusunod ang naglalaman ng posisyon o paniniwala ng isang pahayagan tungkol sa isang napapanahong isyu?

A. masthead

B. kartung pang-editoryal

C. balitang banner

D. larawan sa pangmukhang pahina

4. “Ang iyong mga mata ay waring mga bituin sa kalangitan.” Anong tayutay ang ginamit dito?

A. Pang-uyam

B. Personipikasyon

C. Pagwawangis

D. Pagtutulad

5. Alin ang kahulugan ng “kahiramang suklay”?

A. Kaibigan

B. Kakilala

C. Kalahi

D. Karibal
Higit bang madali ito kaysa sa English items kahapon, na nasa ibababa ang mga tamang sagot?

1. B. would

2. C. were

3. A. Simile

4. B. Without much persuading

5. D. Replace “death’s” with “deaths”.

Kung hindi ka pa nakakapili ng review center na makakatulong mo sa iyong pagiging licensed teacher, subukan ang FREE diagnostic test namin sa MindGym.  Sa January 7 na ang simula ng live coaching.  Pero kung nais mong makapag-review sa sariling oras at piling lugar, mag-register sa aming LET online sa www.myreviewcoach.com

Here’s a quick exercise you can do before you go out on a weekend gimmick.

Did you get these correctly in Day 2’s LET questions for Science:

1. D. Muro-ami

2. C. Stroke

3. A. Adequate intake of calcium and vitamin D

4. B. typhoons

5. D. Producers

English items in the LET comprise 20 percent of the General Education module. Give these items a try:

1. “No one was prepared for the oral examination. We _____ have read the exercises last night.”

A. ought

B. would

C. can

D. should

2. If I ________ your parent, I would ground you for a month for your misbehavior.

A. should be

B. am

C. were

D. was

3. What figure of speech is used in these lines from Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales? “His eyes rolled, they never seemed to settle, / And glittered like the flowers beneath a kettle”

A. Simile

B. Hyperbole

C. Metaphor

D. Personification

4. What is meant by “two pins” in this sentence? For two pins I could have hit him on the nose.

A. With a second course of action

B. Without much persuading

C. Given a second chance

D. With an alternative response

5. What correction should be made to this sentence? Most fire-related death’s result from household fires, yet many people do not have fire extinguishers in their homes.

A. Remove the comma after “fires”.

B. Change “have” to “has”.

C. Change “result” to “results”.

D. Replace “death’s” with “deaths”.

Watch out for more exercises to get you ready for March 11.

To our dear MindGym TOPnotchers Dorothy Ann Angco (6), Wilson Espiritu (7), Patricia Caguin-del Rosario (10) and Celeste Lamayan (10) and many LET passers,

Congratulations new professional teachers! Your early morning trips to MindGym, active participation in review sessions, diligence in working on the drills, kindness in sharing what you know with other batchmates, extra online researches, foregone barkada gimmicks, late night caps, and ardent prayers — brought you to this moment of LET success.

Thank you for choosing us to be your LET review partner, your MindGym family. The happiness and pride we share with you more than makes up for our sleepless nights, hurried lunches, working weekends, overworked brains, twisted trunks, and veined legs (haha!).

To those who need to see with their own eyes their names on the roster of LET passers despite the numerous texts, messages, and calls received from family and friends, you may check your names here:

• Elementary
• Secondary

To those who did not make it this time, start your preparations early!  Take our FREE LET diagnostic tests on Wednesdays and Saturdays and reserve a seat while there are still slots available.

Or, if you prefer to self review, you may check our online LET site, MyReviewCoach.

An earlier LET for the first batch of test takers in 2012 as posted by the Professional Regulations Commission came as a surprise to us (it’s been moved to March 11, 2012!).

Since the time MindGym started coaching in October 2009, the initial LET for a given year was usually scheduled on the first week of April.  With this change, we will have to start conducting our intensive coaching for LET sessions before the year ends or just after the release of September 2011 exam results.  This means a working Christmas season for licensed teachers-to-be and MindGym coaches and teachers.

PRC Chairperson Teresita Manzala’s memorandum announcing the PRC schedule for 2012 reads:

The PROFESSIONAL REGULATION COMMISSION announces that the first Licensure Examination for Teachers (L.E.T.) for Calendar Year 2012 will be held on Sunday, March 11, 2012 in the cities of Manila, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Legazpi, Lucena, Pagadian, Tacloban, Tuguegarao and Zamboanga.

All qualified applicants may file their applications on the dates and places below:

Filing Period :

First Timer : October 3, 2011 to January 13, 2012

Repeater : October 3, 2011 to December 29, 2011

Filing Centers:

PRC Regional Offices in the cities of:  Manila, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Legazpi, Lucena, Pagadian, Tacloban, Tuguegarao and Zamboanga

NO APPLICANTS WILL BE ADMITTED BEYOND THE ABOVE STATED

With the above announcement,  it’s about time you prepare for your PRC LET requirements for application now.

Looking for a LET coach? Contact MindGym Philippines at 437-5880 or text 0927-877-0800 now.

For LET test takers who are not from Manila or are quite far from MindGym Philippines’ review center in Quezon City, you may want to check our online LET review site, take a trial LET test and decide whether you want to review live or take our online LET review through MyReviewCoach.com.

File at your nearest PRC office and start reviewing as soon as you can! For more details about our LET review sessions, click here.

Here are some extra Math drills to work on from LET Top 1  in Math, 2005, Glenn Gilongos. Remember to work on these as quickly but as accurately as possible.  Use the calculator you intend to bring on LET day to do the calculations and save time.

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It’s been a year since MindGym Philippines alumni Jean Millare took the Licensure examinations and made it as Top 1 in her batch.  Though very busy doing her dream job of “teaching teachers” in the University of Southern Mindanao, Jean took time to share these final tips for LET takers this September 2011.

“Hi.  It’s a week away and I hope you’re doing well on your review.  I wrote some tips for the April 2011 batch, which I’m sharing to you below:

• Take time analyzing the test questions. Make sure the option you choose answers the question. Meron kasing ibang statements na totoo naman, but they do not necessarily answer the questions.
• Make sure you have the right understanding of terms. Take note of keywords. Be wary of choices with extreme words such as always, never, only…
• Double check the letters you shade – make sure you really shade your choice option. Ako dati sinulat ko muna sa questionnaire yung answers ko and every 5 or so items, I shade.
• Take your time if you have the luxury to. Be patient and not give up so easily at each item. Every question is important. Ako sinagad ko talaga yung time. I was not even halfway done yet when some test takers started giving back their answer sheets already. Nung time na my proctor had to tell me to submit my paper. I did not mind. I wanted to make the most of my time.
• Other tips from a friend [Benedict Barayuga] who topped the April 2009 LET:  ”develop being “test-wise” or “test-clever”; you don’t have to know everything; use common sense to get through to the best answer; do elimination; look for cues or hints; connect each option to other clearer concepts in your mind; do language / word analysis; unlock the meaning of words / terminologies. Sleep well just before the exam day; avoid carbohydrate-rich food because glucose tends to make you sleepy; take nuts or protein-rich food. Be in the moment — walk around the testing site — just relax and see the humor in the experience!”
• Trust God and focus on thoughts that are beautiful and true.

Hope you have a very meaningful and extraordinarily great experience on Sunday;o)”

With these tips from two LET Top 1 (April 2009 and September 2010), how can you miss making it to the TOP and succeeding in the September 2011 LET?